Percy

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No: HPFGUIDX 15004

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Rena" <fmu30c at y...> wrote:
> Sofie wrote:
> 
> > The most distinct impression I get from Percy is of someone who is
> very
> > strict about rules. He's not really hard to fool, as we see in 
GoF,
> where he
> > simply executes what he believes to be his superior's 
instructions.
> He seems
> > to me the kind of person who obeys the rules because they are the
> rules, not
> > because he agrees with them. He doesn't seem to be very critical 
or
> > questioning about authority.
> >
> > Of course Percy wouldn't knowingly and willingly hurt *anyone*,
> least of all
> > his own family, but he also wouldn't disobey his superiors unless
> they were
> > so blatantly 'evil' [or so much in denial about Voldie's return] 
it
> would
> > endanger people.
> >
> > I do agree with Ron's remark that Percy is not the kind of person 
to
> use his
> > influence/authority to get someone out from under what he would
> seeas their
> > 'just desserts'. [Apologies if that sentence is really screwed
> > up/misspelled; I seem to have lost all ability to speak/write 
proper
> English
> > today.]
> >
> > I'm not saying Percy is 'evil', or even just 'bad'. I'm just 
saying
> that he
> > is [or at least strikes me as] a 'wir haben es nicht gewusst' type
> of
> > person. [And I don't speak German, so that spelling is probably
> waaaay off
> > as well.]
> 
> Your German is fine *g* -- I agree with you that Percy is strict and
> follows the rules even if he might not agree with them, but you also
> have to take into account that he is trying to set himself apart 
from
> his two older brothers, one who'd been a headboy, the other 
successful
> at Quidditch.
> And he is doing what his mother wants at least one of her boys to 
do.
> Work for the ministry. So here he is, in his new job, a stickler for
> rules and his boss goes all weird on him. Two things he can do: 1.
> quit his job and find another or 2. make the best of the situation.
> Percy chose the 2nd option.
> I think Percy is just acting like any 18 year old in his first job,
> struggling with his "follow the rules" personality and trying to 
proof
> that he can do it.
> In the end he will stick with his family, helping them in their
> attempt to fight V.
> 
> Rena


I don't believe that Percy would ever knowly do anything to harm his 
family or support Dark Forces. But I think his anxiety about the rules 
and his desire to do well with the Ministry is his blind spot. He may 
unwittingly become a pawn for the Dark Side.

If and when this happens, I think he would be rightly horrified, learn 
some humility and ahrd lessons, and then rush to do the right thing 
for his family. I thuink though that he is going to learn sooner or 
latter that those who are in positions of authority are not 
necessarily right or good.


--Suzanne